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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Even in the moment in which Kobe Bryant appeared as vulnerable as he's ever been and proved to actually be just as human as the rest of us, he showed why he's earned the reputation of indestructibility he's known for. Bryant ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- It's not often that Steve Blake can be the one voice to truly speak on behalf of his team, but after the Lakers' biggest win of the season Friday, he said it better than anybody else. "We have so much respect for Kobe [Bryant] ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers might have been the only NBA team without a representative at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston over the weekend, but general manager Mitch Kupchak says that will change in the future. "We ha...

LOS ANGELES -- What better way could the Los Angeles Lakers honor their late owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, than by sticking it to their bitter rivals in the Boston Celtics? In what was an emotional night from the start with the Lakers paying tribute to B...

Kobe Bryant once told Dr. Jerry Buss that he wanted the Los Angeles Lakers owner to be announced at center court so Buss could receive the recognition from the fans he deserved.

The reality of a failed season is starting to hit the Lakers fast.

For the second time this week, Dwight Howard found himself responding to someone else's unwanted opinion about his situation with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Dwight Howard's return to the Lakers' lineup did little to change L.A's fortunes.

Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard will play against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night after missing the previous three games with a sore shoulder.

Dwight Howard is fed up and let it be known that he is tired of other people trying to assess the severity of his shoulder injury.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Mike D'Antoni stared idly out onto the court where Steve Nash was putting up jumpers at the end of practice Saturday and muttered, almost wistfully, "You know, these are the games that he never lets us lose." He was referrin...

When Metta World Peace joined the Los Angeles Lakers following their 2009 NBA championship season, he famously said that if the franchise didn't repeat, the blame would fall on him.

Editor's note: Throughout the 2012-13 NBA season we'll be asking our colleagues at ESPN Los Angeles to weigh in on the progress of the Heat's quest for back-to-back titles. This week, Dave McMenamin shares what it's like for a team attempting to repe...

Metta World Peace has no interest in making a bury-the-hatchet peace gesture with Oklahoma City's James Harden at the onset of the Los Angeles Lakers' Western Conference semifinals series against the Thunder.

Despite being sick and weak, you can't blame Kobe for L.A.'s loss.

Thanks to his surgery in Germany, Kobe Bryant is as healthy as ever.